1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–5–1 (2–1–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington University $ 4 1 0 6 3 1
Oklahoma A&M 3 1 0 5 4 1
Tulsa 2 1 1 4 5 1
Drake 2 3 0 5 5 0
Saint Louis 1 2 1 5 3 2
Creighton 2 4 0 4 5 0
Washburn 1 3 0 6 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Chet Benefiel, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 4–5–1 record (2–1–1 against conference opponents) and finished in third place in the Missouri Valley Conference.[1]

Tulsa was ranked at No. 100 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

  1. ^ "1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.